Nothing says fall like a pumpkin patch in 90 degree heat – at least that’s how we roll in Los Angeles. There are many things this East Coast girl misses on the left coast, and fall is definitely top of the list. The first crisp in the air, the smell of winter around the corner (and yes, it has a smell), picking apples, the list goes on. We have been in Los Angeles for 5 years now, and I’ve managed to…
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Tuesday night I got the chance to attend the Big City Moms Biggest Baby Shower event at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles. I was a little nervous to go because it was from 5:30-9:30 (aka cranky baby/cluster feeding/only…
Time to start crossing some bucket list items off our list! Starting with pumpkins of course. Los Angeles has been MELTING with an insanely stifling heat wave – can we say 114 degrees?!?! I mean, the sunshine is…
It’s fall!! Ok. Fine. It’s fall elsewhere in the world. Here it’s a stifling 90 degrees in mid-September. Instead of the crisp cool breeze of fall, there is a hot breeze that feels like you are standing too close…
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Introducing Technology to your Toddler in a Meaningful Way: The Stinky & Dirty Show
We are primarily a “screen-free” family. We started with the goal of 0-2 being without t.v., and three years in we are still 99% screen free. Avery has seen t.v. a handful of times in the past year. The…
Friday was Micah’s 40th birthday. I wanted to throw an epic party…like a forget you have kids for 5 minutes and recreate the wild carefree days of your youth kind of party. Go to some über cool club and…
Tuesday night I got the chance to go and see a preview of Bad Moms premiering in theatres TODAY! I must preface this with saying Tuesday night was officially the FIRST time I’ve ever gone to a movie by myself. It…
The first time I went to this magical place was to decorate a cake for A’s 1st birthday party. I’ve always been mildly obsessed with cake decorating shows and competitions on the food network, so being able to go…
Oh Kidville, how I love thee…let me count the ways. We have been going to this magical little place in Brentwood since A was about 6 months old, and I will probably cry the day we outgrow it. (Thank…
Beach. Summer. BBQ. The recipe for a classic Memorial Day of family fun…but what do you do if you don’t have a yard, don’t feel like braving the beach with millions of other Angelinos and tourists, and don’t have any…